Bible Person

Amariah

Meaning: the Lord says; the integrity of the Lord · Male · 1 cross reference

This Amariah entry refers to a priest active in Hezekiah's reformation, not to the chief priest under Jehoshaphat or the later Judahite ancestor in Nehemiah. He belongs to the renewed temple order of Judah's reforming period. First appears in 2 Chr 31:15.1

AI summary: This Amariah matters because his single cross reference places him in the priestly system through which offerings and sacred order are restored under Hezekiah. The entry contributes to the practical religious structure behind one of Judah's major reforms. Taken together, the material presents this Amariah as a priestly figure within Hezekiah's renewal of worship.1

Central Figure

Amariah

Meaning: the Lord says; the integrity of the Lord

One of the high priests in the time of Hezekiah (2 Chr.